Career Staffing Information

The Guilford career firefighters currently operate with 6 full time personnel on shift 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We currently staff a heavy rescue, Class A Pumper, and an ALS ambulance.

Heavy Rescue 191  -

• 1 Shift Captain
• 1 Firefighter\EMT
• 1 Firefighter\Paramedic

Engine 153\ Truck 173 -

• 1 Firefighter\EMT (supplemented by Car 1 Crew)

Ambulance\Car 1-

• 1 Firefighter\EMT
• 1 Firefighter\Paramedic

Guilford firefighters function on a 24 on 72 off work schedule, a 24 hour tour begins at 0800hrs and ends the following day at 0800hrs. Shifts are split into night and day tours, a day tour is from 0800-1800hrs the night tour is from 1800hrs to 0800hrs.

Union History in Guilford

Guilford's firefighters have been a union department since 2002. At that time we had 4 firefighters on shift staffing Car 1 and the Heavy Rescue. As we grew the town realized that as populations increase, and calls increase, staffing has to follow suite. In 2007 the town hired 4 new firefighters to boost staffing to 5 firefighters on shift. In 2009 the town hired 4 more firefighters to place us at our current staffing of 6 on shift. Currently we are on track to hire 8 new firefighters in early 2010 to bump us up to 8 on shift staffing additional apparatus.

Guilford career firefighters are a pro active group that strives to always assist our community. We are involved in charity events and fundraisers which include the Muscular Dystrophy Association, St. Baldricks, Camp Rising Sun and many more. We hope that this page has allowed you to further your knowledge about our services.